New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-21
LONG BRANCH.
A CHURCH, TIE ROADS, AND SOME PROM
INENT PEOPLE.
THE WINDOWS OF ST. MIcHAELs -TAx-DoDGING-

building fund of the new Roman Catholic Church at
Oeean-ave. and Lake Tallahassee. about midway DC,
tween the Yves. End Hotel and the Elberon. closed
this evening. 1t was held in the West End Amuse-
ment Hall and was the most successful affair OF the
kind ever held here. The tables were in charge OF
ladies well known In New-York and Philadelphia
All the articles displayed for sale were donated ny the
friends of the church the dainty creations CT
the ladies' Mrs. Daniel r. Lyddy Mrs. dencrai
Thomas r. Eckert Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel, Mrs. Will
inm r. Lett, Mira. Morgan j. o. Brien Mrs. George N.
Curtis Mrs. George w. Brown, the wife OF the Mayor
OF Long Branch, and a number OF pretty girls worked
with wonderful eaergy over the affair and made u u
marked success. The Rev. Father James A. McFan,
the of the Church of Our Lady Star OF the Sea-
worked night and day with Daniel X. Lyddy An
hony D. Drexe and other wealthy cottagers, in assist
ing tie ladies in their coed work The new church
will be known as st. Michaels by the Sea. The
cdfce is already rooted in and it will be completed in
time tor use 1t will be one of the finest
church edices in New-Jersey. With the property it
will cost about $4,000. This will DO the seaside
church OF the Right Rev. Michael J. OF arreil. the
Bishop of tue Diocese of Trenton It is Gothic struct
ure of brick trimmed with brown-stone and terra
Gotta The main audience room will be about sixty
t-et wide and 80 deep. On tho south corner OF the
front will be tall and quantity designed tower IN
which will hang chime @! bells. Tho costly Hi
ported stained glass windows of the edce will be one
of its most noticeable features There will be three IN
the sanctuary. The main one will depict st. Michael
i'm whose honor the church Is named. The other two
repressn guardian angels in one they are guard
the Child on earth and in the other taking Him to
his heavenly abode alter death. Pictures oil ST.
Cecilia and King David will be shown in the two WIN
dows the choir The windows OF the cleres.ory will
contain groups representing the seven sacramoIts
Another window will represent the Cruciiixiou TIE
nave windows will have their subjects the Nativity
the Presentation, the Alteration of the Magi. the
Sermon on the Mount Christ blessing tho little chi
dren the Last Supper, The CruciiXon the Resurrec-
ton the Sacrifice OF Melchisedec, the Sacrifice OF
Isaac, Joseph going into Egypt, tue finding OF Moses
Moses giving the Laws, the raising OF the brazen
serpent, Solomon meeting his mother Heliodorus ban
shed from the Temple by the angels, the mother of
the Maccabees, and the Annunciaton. Most OF these
costly windows will DO memorials.
The Door financial condition OF the town treasury Is
urged excuse Tor the terrible state OF tue main
Ioadways aud the general poor management The
town officials say tsst they have no money and are
prevented by the state laws from running in debt.
OF course they throw the blame on certain cottage
who do not pay their taxes This tue puress
kind of bOsh The principal drive here, Oeean.ave,
has not been in such wretched condition IN ten
years. IL has been growing worse add more ful of
holes and little gules yearly since 1850 There Is no
other town in the State whore such poor roadways
would be tolerated year after year Even the villages
Of Red Bank, Freehold and Matawan in this county
have tar superior to those OF Long Branch The
property-owHers here are heavily taxed aud the
wealthy cOttageowners who pay the bu OF the taxes
certainly entitled 10 roads safe enough 10 drive
over at a tar rate OF speed.
Nearly everything here is taxed The hack drivers,
the stage men, TIE milk dealers, the men who sell
corn beans melons aud other garden truck all have
20 pay License tees. 10 has oeen discovered that
number OF outsiders who bring their horses and
vehicles here and them to hotel guests and other
visitors In way manage TO evade paying the iu
amount of Iicensn fees Many believe that they
swinde the town by means OF "a oomblne In winch
" Doodle plays a prominent part lne truth is no
doubt that the lax way Of running the town has made
II possible tor shrcwd individuals 10 avoid paying the
proper license fees by applying tor certain nlnber
OF licenses and then running NO and three times as
rio fnp Il.
rcmains, that many hacks which should Iay license
fees bring money into the town treasury.
One OF the most prominent Fer'ons at Long Branch
Is Rufus Blodgett the new United States Senatoreect
from Ncw-Jer.cy. he lives in Pretty yine-coyered
cottage with wide sOping roofs on lhrd.ave. lie IS
OF the hardest workers Oh the coast lie person.
ally supervises every PART OF the NewYork and Long
Branch Railroad, OF which he ~ the superb tendent,
and il one of the active directors OF the new City
National Bank. All sorts OF guo.ses are being made
about his In the senate number OF reporters
have made tho 'nosi determined efforts to Obtain his
Vows upon leading questions and some inking CT
how he wall vote. They have all been we'll received
but thcT obtained information. The articles pub
lished In which interye alleged To have been
held with him are untrue There Is no question hut
he will vote vita the Democrats upon most ques
tons lie is sound on the question OF protection anu
taxes stock in the so-csed Civil Service Reform,
as he believes in Democratic ohicsholders under
Democratic President aud Republicans In Office when
a republican occupies the White House. II; Is net.
sol essed and strong vllIed and Will DO poi ular
in Washington. Tho appointments made In New
Jerssr suoe his election to the Senate prove that he
will DO allpowerfu with the President aud members
Of his Cabinet. lie takes no stock in Mugwumps.
4 number OF silly dispatched w hich we're chiefly re-
n,rkabe Tor their antruthiulness. have been pup
shed about the alleged sea baths of Mrs. Lanstry.
Thew had foundation whatever, as Mira Langtry
has taken dip In the since her arrival here
One of the days when her bathing was said to havo
caused such sensation she was in the city en- bust
She is working hard. preparing tor the coming
season. Her perform OF Peril next
Thursday evening at the West End Amusement Hall
will one OF the events Of the season 1t VIII be
subscription affair and tickets enough TO I'LL tho
spacious hall are already engaged
la the parlor OF the handsome cottage vi ex-Co
ector Thomas Murphy, on Ocean-aye at Fiber on,
hangs a oiayOn portrait of General Grant Il VAS
drawn few weeks after Grants election to the Pres
dency, and represents the great warrior he looked
then. 1t was drawn from sitngs given at tho White
House Mr.. Murphy values II hi ghly the gift of his
dead friend and refuses TO allow an engraving to be
made from IT,
The botel propretors say that the season VIII close
later than usual, judging by tho demands made Tor
rooms during tho month OF September. Warren
Leland IT,, OF Leands Ocean Hotel is booking guests
Tor next month at reduced rate. and already has q
large number OF rooms engaged
The Sea Side Chapel on Chelseaave. has been par
chased by welknOwn cottager tor $4,000 ard
presented to the New-Jerscy Synod OF the Presby-
Tho Rev. b. W. Bray, OF New Haven, is q. Lsland's
Ocean Hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Dickey, of New-yOrk. are
at tho West Eud Hotel.
R. Lloyd Parker, Of the steamship City of Chester.
Is among the late arrivals at the Hotel Brighton
ing:
Leand's Ocean Hotcl-Mr. and Mrs. r. s. Wilson.
Nichols J. A. Nit, A. D. Dub c George H. Day Miss
Anna Howsley, Eew-York, Mrs. +. A. Underhill,
Mrs. j. Underhl Miss Ella Underhill Mrs. J. Draw
bridge, Miss Pine Mr. and Mrs. A. Simms. Mrs II. y.
Rivers, Miss Irene Rivers Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs.
H. A. Was Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. d. VI. Good
will. Chicago.
West End notel-R II. Clay, Francis S. Gray, A.
L. Sylvester, J. L. simpson s. C. Ostrander, James
X. Macpherson Miss Fannie Matthews, John B.
Lynch. James II. Gafney, Joseph p. Gsffney. joan
Gaiiney, James NJ. Lyddy, George w. Holland J. II.
Hurst. New-Yorkt Barclay Warburtou. George
Kienly, Mr. and Mrs w: Lippsncott: PhiladeIphia;
w. II. Burr Z. Howard, Is. o. Caldwell. Boston
H. b. sherman and family, b. w. JORDAN, Mrs. l.. A.
Shepherd. I. A. Mccall, Chicago George S. Kienan,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Cathell, Edgar G. Miller. j. William